after rocky start
we’ll have a rocky finish
with these pretty views
Life’s a Butte
nature
Remote Learning Perks
September travel?
we can learn geology
and visit arches
we can buy peaches
from the orchards where they’re grown
relishing their juice
yet COVID follows
with at-capacity parks,
a shut-down ghost town
my motto follows:
be prepared. pack sushi, fruit.
drive towards the sunset.
find the world’s curves
where the sky clears away smoke
and we can just. breathe.
Sculpture Class in the Time of COVID
my paper artist
finished her first high school art
with paper and paint
Classic Colorado
fall aspens: golden
it’s worth the annual drive
and finding our path
Sayonara, Mi Jardín
from smoky skies to ice
all the devil’s handiwork
(Earth in humans’ grip)
Swim
always find water.
brings relief to a hot hike
or just a hot day.
Sparkle
i will hike alone
well my puppy comes, of course
we seek alpine lakes
yet i must admit
this elevation gain kills
forty-something legs
but when the lake shines
on my ever-happy pup
it is so worth it
Trapped (Not Trapped)
sometimes i think: Hell.
twenty days of solid heat.
(Denver in summer)
and then i recall
our glorious altitude
and misty mornings
i will swim for views
only captured here at home
(Denver forever)
Friday Night Lights (x2)
what’s more beautiful—
this red, water-begging dawn
or my daughter’s grin?
each touched by showers
so desperate to soothe our souls
from this hellfire
Fire and Ice
water still as ice
while wildfires choke sky
with climate change breath
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